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S.F. may crack down on 'flash mob' antics
By: Samantha Bettencourt
Summary: The article is from SFGate.com, a news source for the San Francisco area. It reports about a flash mob incident that occurred in san Francisco on Valentine’s day. The act was a pillow fight that caused thousands of dollars in damage. The fight went on for nearly six hours and caused feathers to fly everywhere. On top of that, it became wet and rainy, causing a grey goopy build up. It clogged drains and caused flooding and it is proposed that SF police and city officials are to crack down on this flash mob phenomenon.
Usefulness: I find this useful because it's giving me a useful realistic perspective of the effects of flash mobs on cities and people. Many shops and stores have undergone 10's of thousands of dollars worth of damage as well as the city itself. For the most part, I have mostly seen articles of what flash mobs are and what they do, portraying a fun, laid back hobby. This shows it in a more serious light and gives me more to research.
Improv Everywhere is a popular website created by Charlie Todd featuring many videos depicting flash mob pranks he and his entourage planned and preformed. According to Charlie, the many pranks and stunts are simply organized chaos, designed to inspire fun. He doesn’t mean any harm, though some people are offended, confused, and sometimes angered by the stunts. Some of his more popular pranks include the Grand Central Station freeze, where 100’s of people froze in there spot at the exact same time for five minutes, then continued with their day as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Another well know prank he put one is the Pant-less Subway, where 100’s of subway riders calmly rode on their normal routes like any other day, only without pants. There’s a stunt involving fifteen sets of twins, who all road the subway sitting across from each other, wearing the same close, all the while mimicking each other’s moves. And of course the infamous Best Buy prank, when Charlie Todd had 85 people dress up in Best Buy’s notorious blue polo, and khaki pants, and had them walk around a Manhattan Best Buy for an hour. Upon several different occasions the cops were called to the scene. Todd himself has actually been put into handcuffs several times, but has still never been arrest simply due to the fact that he’s not actually doing anything illegal. He gives several tips on his website for how to put together your own successful flash mob, and has even released a recent book called “Causing A Scene”, which is a How to Book for people who share is passion for pranking. Todd does admit professional pranking doesn’t net a lot of money, but for him it’s never been about the money, it’s always been about good hearted fun.ummary
If you are researching aspects of flash mobs, post your research annotations here.
S.F. may crack down on 'flash mob' anticsBy: Samantha Bettencourt
Summary: The article is from SFGate.com, a news source for the San Francisco area. It reports about a flash mob incident that occurred in san Francisco on Valentine’s day. The act was a pillow fight that caused thousands of dollars in damage. The fight went on for nearly six hours and caused feathers to fly everywhere. On top of that, it became wet and rainy, causing a grey goopy build up. It clogged drains and caused flooding and it is proposed that SF police and city officials are to crack down on this flash mob phenomenon.Usefulness: I find this useful because it's giving me a useful realistic perspective of the effects of flash mobs on cities and people. Many shops and stores have undergone 10's of thousands of dollars worth of damage as well as the city itself. For the most part, I have mostly seen articles of what flash mobs are and what they do, portraying a fun, laid back hobby. This shows it in a more serious light and gives me more to research.
Improve Everywhere
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http://improveverywhere.com/
Improv Everywhere is a popular website created by Charlie Todd featuring many videos depicting flash mob pranks he and his entourage planned and preformed. According to Charlie, the many pranks and stunts are simply organized chaos, designed to inspire fun. He doesn’t mean any harm, though some people are offended, confused, and sometimes angered by the stunts. Some of his more popular pranks include the Grand Central Station freeze, where 100’s of people froze in there spot at the exact same time for five minutes, then continued with their day as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Another well know prank he put one is the Pant-less Subway, where 100’s of subway riders calmly rode on their normal routes like any other day, only without pants. There’s a stunt involving fifteen sets of twins, who all road the subway sitting across from each other, wearing the same close, all the while mimicking each other’s moves. And of course the infamous Best Buy prank, when Charlie Todd had 85 people dress up in Best Buy’s notorious blue polo, and khaki pants, and had them walk around a Manhattan Best Buy for an hour. Upon several different occasions the cops were called to the scene. Todd himself has actually been put into handcuffs several times, but has still never been arrest simply due to the fact that he’s not actually doing anything illegal. He gives several tips on his website for how to put together your own successful flash mob, and has even released a recent book called “Causing A Scene”, which is a How to Book for people who share is passion for pranking. Todd does admit professional pranking doesn’t net a lot of money, but for him it’s never been about the money, it’s always been about good hearted fun.ummary